17 - Truth Unveiled

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We hopped out of our vehicles and took a look at the tower.  It's almost as tall as the Burj Khalifa and it's details look more Gigerish, like the body of a xenomorph.

"Alright." James nodded, "Let's get going."

"Wait." Taichi halted, "We need these."  He took out the tools, devices and weapons.

We took them each.  Taichi has an electric shotgun, Jennifer has a GPS and an implosion grenade launcher, Martin has a drill and a nail gun, James has a translator camera and I have a laser pistol.

We walked towards the entrance to the tower but there are vehicles in the courtyard.  They are all monowheel vehicles and the humanoids there are the same just like the one that attacked me and killed by Tha.  We hid behind the small tower.

"How do we get past these guys?" Jennifer asked as she watches them lead the vehicles.

Martin saw a door behind us.  It is automatic and it has three panels and a button.  "Quick.  In here." he whispered as he pressed the button.

The door opened up and we sneaked inside as he closed the door behind us.  I felt the air pushing against my space suit for a minute before it stops.  He pressed the button and the other door opens and I can hear the sound of the minivan's rear door opening.  We walked through the door and into a hallway.  There are lights that are on the floor next to the walls, pillars, windows and air vents.  The whole place really does look Gigerish, I thought as we quietly walk through the hall.  There lies the triangle as we looked through the window.  A spaceship launches out of it and into space as we watched.

"This is their base." I told them, "They built this place and used the Apollo mission's mirror to power everything in their place."

"Are you sure?" Jennifer asked.

"Unknown being detected." Hicpa alerted as his strobe light flashes.

"Get over here.  Quick." James whispered.

We quickly hid in the darkness behind the corner and waited.  Hicpa realizes that he should not make a noise like that shoot it.  He could've gotten us killed.  The humanoid walks past us and straight into a corridor.  We sneaked through the hall again in the opposite direction from the humanoid and found an elevator.

"This is a bad idea." Jennifer murmured, "Let's take the stairs."

We tried looking for the stairs but the doors lead to an elevator.  One of them, however, leads to something different.

"Guys.  I found it." Taichi called.

We walked up the stairs while looking up and down making sure that there's no one here.

I had an idea.  "Alright.  Let's just split up and find a solution to shut this place down."

"Great idea.  Let's split." Martin agreed.

We separated ourselves from each other and begin to find something that is in this place.  Good thing we have Skype on our own cellphone.  Tha and I stayed close together as we sneaked up the stairs to the top floor.

We went through the corridor and found a door.  As we heard the footsteps, we hid in the darkness and waited.  The humanoid steps out and walks away.  Tha flashes her camera to take a picture of the being.  It stops and turns around.  We froze and never spoke a word.  It then continued and went through the door.  We sneaked through the door and closed it behind us.

In this room, there is a massive computer with a pole behind it.  Tha sealed the door with her laser beam from her arm as I turned the computer on.  The computer has a spherical touchscreen table and three monitors; two on the sides and one large one in the middle.  It has strange writings that I couldn't understand.

I turn to Tha.  "Tha?  Can you translate this language for me, please?"

"Access granted." Tha agreed.  She scans the language on the computer and the paragraphs in English appear on the screen.

SYSTEM CONTROL

LOCAL 58 WCLV-TV
TERMINAL HELPER ANDROID 5000
HOVERING COMPUTER PROGRAMMING ANDROID
AEROSPACE BLOCKSET
NASA SOFTWARE

"They were controlling everything including you." I uttered.

The Skype call sound came and I tapped the call button.

"Alexa.  You're here.  Good.  I found something."

"What did you find?" I asked.

"There is a large pole in the center of the building." James pointed, "It just flashes like a radio tower.  We don't know why it's here but just part of the the building.  Also, we found a computer here."

This made me realize it.  Something about the tower.  "The building...  is a giant antenna."

Another Skype call.  James taps the call button and Martin is shown on the screen.

"Martin.  What's going on?" he asked.

"I found a lot of weird living things in this room."

He shows us the room with his camera and what we see are the creatures.  Some of them are different and some are the same like the one that attacked us in the canyon.  They all have tubes plugged into their skin.

"They're getting a blood bank kind of thing?  What are they?  Why are they here?  What's going on?" James questioned.

"I don't know." Martin shrugged, "They seem to have their blood sucked into an engine.  It's like these guys are vampires or something."

The others are calling; Taichi and Jennifer.

"Where are you two?" Martin asked.

"We're in the tunnels." Taichi answered.

"Yeah.  We're following the tube." Jennifer added, "We don't know where it leads to be we'll see."

She shows us the tube in the underground tunnel.  It seems to never end.

"Wait a second." I realized, "An antenna.  Blood sucking machines.  A computer.  This place...  is powered by blood."

"What are you talking about?" Martin wondered.

I said the answer.  "They're using blood to power their whole place.  That's why they wanted everyone to kill each other in the past or kill them with these beam machines on the Moon.  It's not the Moon that's affecting them.  It's the creatures' machines."

Suddenly, I heard something.  Tha's strobe light starts flashing as the door starts creaking but did not open.  The humanoid.  It's here.

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